sumac : Idioms & Phrases

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australian sumac

  • noun evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood
    Rhodosphaera rhodanthema; Rhus rhodanthema.
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black sumac

  • noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
    black sumac; dwarf sumac; Rhus copallina; mountain sumac.
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dwarf sumac

  • noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
    black sumac; dwarf sumac; Rhus copallina; mountain sumac.
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fragrant sumac

  • noun sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits
    Rhus aromatica; fragrant sumac.
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japanese sumac

  • noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
    varnish tree; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese varnish tree; Japanese lacquer tree.
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laurel sumac

  • noun small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus
    Rhus laurina; Malosma laurina.
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lemon sumac

  • noun sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits
    Rhus aromatica; fragrant sumac.
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mountain sumac

  • noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
    black sumac; dwarf sumac; Rhus copallina; mountain sumac.
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Poison sumac

  • noun dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison sumac plant
  • noun smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
    poison dogwood; Toxicodendron vernix; Rhus vernix; poison ash.
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  • (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus Rhus (R. venenata); also called poison ash, poison dogwood, and poison elder. It has pinnate leaves on graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron) have clusters of smooth greenish white berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are harmless. The tree (Rhus vernicifera) which yields the celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of Japan.
Webster 1913

scarlet sumac

  • noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
    Rhus glabra; vinegar tree; scarlet sumac.
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shining sumac

  • noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
    black sumac; dwarf sumac; Rhus copallina; mountain sumac.
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smooth sumac

  • noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
    Rhus glabra; vinegar tree; scarlet sumac.
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Stag-horn sumac

  • (Bot.), a common American shrub (Rhus typhina) having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.
Webster 1913

staghorn sumac

  • noun deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
    staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; Rhus typhina; vinegar tree.
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sugar sumac

  • noun evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits
    Rhus ovata; sugar-bush.
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sumac family

  • noun the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac
    family Anacardiaceae; Anacardiaceae.
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velvet sumac

  • noun deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
    staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; Rhus typhina; vinegar tree.
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Venetian sumac

  • noun Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
    wig tree; Cotinus coggygria.
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  • (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet; also called smoke tree.
Webster 1913

virginian sumac

  • noun deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
    staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; Rhus typhina; vinegar tree.
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